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===1992–present=== More than 27 subcritical tests have been conducted at the site.<ref name="bull">{{cite journal|author1=Frank von Hippel|title=Subcritical experiments|url=http://thebulletin.org/subcritical-experiments|journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists|access-date=November 26, 2014|date=December 14, 2012|archive-date=December 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205153402/http://thebulletin.org/subcritical-experiments|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, the State of Nevada sued the federal government to block a plan to ship "more than a metric ton" of plutonium to the site for temporary storage.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.courthousenews.com/nevada-balks-at-feds-plan-to-store-plutonium-near-vegas/| author=Paul Roupe| title=Nevada Balks at Feds' Plan to Store Plutonium Near Vegas| publisher=Courthouse News| date=December 3, 2018| access-date=December 4, 2018| archive-date=December 4, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204140552/https://www.courthousenews.com/nevada-balks-at-feds-plan-to-store-plutonium-near-vegas/| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, the government acknowledged that 13,625 cubic meters of radioactive material conforming to its disposal criteria had been shipped to the site for disposal.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-12|title=US acknowledges shipping Idaho radioactive waste to Nevada|url=https://apnews.com/article/environment-and-nature-las-vegas-nevada-idaho-national-security-3da299374149fdb8dc719ff6e2f96789|access-date=2022-01-20|work=AP News|language=en|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120185233/https://apnews.com/article/environment-and-nature-las-vegas-nevada-idaho-national-security-3da299374149fdb8dc719ff6e2f96789|url-status=live}}</ref>
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